Race Result:

1st: Sassy Boom (B Shinn/D O'Brien) - $8.00
2nd: So Glamorous (D Lane/G Begg) - $5.50
3rd: Serasana (J Allen/R Griffiths & M de Kock) - $4.40 equal fav

Winning Time: 1:23.91 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 3/4 lengths x 1 length

Sassy BOOM!

The Spirit Of Boom filly goes from a BM64 victory to G2 success!@DOBrienRacing @blake_shinn pic.twitter.com/p3L1h9rATc

— Racing.com (@Racing) February 24, 2024

 

Winning Trainer: Danny O'Brien

On the win: "She filled us with confidence last time that she'd won effortlessly, it was really a barrier trial style of run, she's a filly we just couldn't get going in the Spring so we only gave her the one run but we've always had a good opinion of her. She had a very easy week, presented in great order again today, once again got a good map and a good ride and it was a very painless watch."

On Grinzinger Belle: "I think they'll both end up in the Kewney in two weeks time, it's the logical race for them both at Flemington, this filly's also probably going to improve when she steps out to a mile, it's a good problem to have. They've both won group races in the last seven days, it's a really good result for her owners."

On the horse: "She's an on-speed filly, and she's very much a firm ground filly. She doesn't appreciate anything other than a good three, good four."

Winning Jockey: Blake Shinn

Pre-race confidence: "I certainly did. I've got a lot of respect for Danny, he's a wonderful trainer, he's been one of my biggest supporters since I've come back to Melbourne. He turned his horse out really well, he told me, he said she'd win and I got on her and she gave me a lot of confidence going to the gates, she owned that race right from the get-go and super, blacktype with a filly like this, group two, that stands her in good stead, her page."

Owning the race: "We envisaged being one, two in the run, she jumped well, just went a moderate tempo, she wanted to build from the five hundred, we had fitness on our side and given the fact the leading chances we're going to be conceding a start to us and the fact that they were first up, I put the pressure on early and Danny's a great conditioner of horse, so I had confidence to go early and she proved too good."